上じょう表ひょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

memorial to the emperor; formal petition to the throne

Historical term for a formal written petition submitted to the emperor, especially in pre-modern Japan. Rare in modern usage outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、大だい名みょうが幕ばく府ふに上じょう表ひょうすることもあった。

  In the Edo period, feudal lords sometimes submitted memorials to the shogunate.